Going for gold – 10 things you should know about gold smalts
Citrone, Limone, Ambra and Gaggia. No, these are no Italian ice-cream flavors, but only some of the nuances you can use when working with gold smalti.
I learned mosaic making at the traditional and unique school ‘Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli’, in the north of Venice. Here, you can find all the blog posts in which I reported on my experiences during my apprenticeship in the north of Italy.
Citrone, Limone, Ambra and Gaggia. No, these are no Italian ice-cream flavors, but only some of the nuances you can use when working with gold smalti.
Freshly framed, I finally handed it in this week: My contribution for Musiva, a school internal competition of Itineraria.
A devil, snakes, precious colors, gold: We have arrived in the Middle Ages.
And on the curriculum are Byzantine style, portrait and 3D work.
On my last day of work as an online manager at a medical manufacturer…
When you say “I make mosaics” do people act surprised? This video may help you out.
We will work on a detail of the Asaroton of Aquileia.
Time to look back on personal changes, meetings with artists, techniques and materials.
This week we could follow a live demonstration on how a flooring gets installed.
This feathered friend was completed in indirect method.
Just in time for the beginning of spring color is illuminating our class room: we work with smalts on diverse fruit motifs.
I stood like a set piece admiring her when she was half finished on my first visit here in school. And now she is beautifully completed.
Our copy of a roman mosaic from Tunis is finally completed.
Aniko and Pavlos presented their “Movimento” technique and built a new work together with the students.
Learn how to prepare your adhesive for the direct method à la Spilimberghese.